Flowmon Monitoring Center Profiles
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<profile>
<!-- Profile name visible to the user -->
<rename>All Sources</rename>
<!-- Internal profile id -->
<!-- Internal id is name of directory in which profile data is stored. Maximum number of characters is 13, can contain a-z,0-9,-,_ and must be unique per group -->
<name>live</name>
<description></description>
<!-- Maximum number of characters is 13, can contain a-z,0-9,-,_ -->
<group></group>
<!-- Parent profile -->
<!-- Name of group and profile from which this profile is created. use './' for empty group followed by parent profile name -->
<parent>./live</parent>
<!-- Parent plugin, leave FMC. -->
<plugin>FMC</plugin>
<!-- start-date is date from which profile data is gathered. This value must be later than parent profile start-date -->
<!-- end-date is date to which profile data is gathered. Used only for history profiles -->
<start-date>2016-08-03T12:50:00+02:00</start-date>
<end-date>2017-02-09T12:15:00+01:00</end-date>
<!-- If you use profile backup and want this profile to be in backup list, then true. false otherwise -->
<backup>false</backup>
<!--
0 - live
1 - real / history
2 - real / continuous
5 - shadow / history
6 - shadow / continuous
9 - real / history / version 2
10 - real / continuous / version 2
13 - shadow / history / version 2
14 - shadow / continuous / version 2
-->
<type>0</type>
<!-- size limit specifies the maximum amount of stored data in bytes. Shadow profiles must have 1048576 (1MB) -->
<!-- time limit specifies the maximum life time for this profile in days. Data files older than this, will be deleted. Leave 0 for unlimited -->
<limit>
<size>10737418240</size>
<time>0</time>
</limit>
<channels>
<!-- multiple -->
<channel>
<!-- Internal channel id -->
<!-- Maximum number of characters is 24, can contain a-z,0-9,-,_ and must be unique per profile -->
<name>127-0-0-1_p3000</name>
<!-- Channel name -->
<rename>Local Port 3000</rename>
<!-- Where to display the channel in charts - above or below the zero -->
<!-- Possible values: above, below -->
<display>above</display>
<!-- Order of the chanel among other channels -->
<order>1</order>
<!-- Color associated to the channel -->
<color\>#547ac1</color>
<!-- Filter allowing user to specify which traffic goes into the channel. -->
<filter>any</filter>
<!-- multiple -->
<!-- Id of Fmc source this channel is based on -->
<!-- to use all source channels (even new that will arise in future), use asterisk(*) -->
<source>127-0-0-1_p3000</source>
</channel>
\</channels>
</profile>